Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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kiṃsuka : [m.] the tree Butea Frondosa.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Kiŋsuka [kiŋ+su+ka] N. of a tree (creeper), lit. "what- ever -- like," or "what do you call it," i. e. strange tree (see kiŋ su & kiŋ 3), pop. name for the Butea frondosa S iv.193 (parable of the k.); J ii.265 (˚opama -- jātaka); v.405; vi.536. Perhaps v. l. at SnA 284.
-- puppha the (red) flower of the k. tree Vism 252. -- vaṇṇa of the colour of the k. (flower) J i.73 (angārā ashes).
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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